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ROBERT W. TOWLE, OF SEARSPOR'lhMAINE.l

Letters Patent No. 77,681, dated May 5, 1868 IMPROVED HANDLE roe surnomme-mons.

Be it .knownthat I, ROBERT W. TOWLE, of Searsport, in the county of Waldo, .and State of Maine, haveinvented a new and useful ,Removable and Replaceable Handle for Tailors Presslrons; and I do hereby declare that the following 1is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the handleA attached to the iron, l

Figure 2 a view of the handle detached- And in which letter a is a handle; b, iron; c, steel spring; d, lever; e, connecting-rod; f, notch in upright, g; g, upright; h, bolt; z', fulcrum-bolt; j, hind upright:

In making new''rons,"I ca'stpthe uprights,g andj, with and.A tothe iron. I apply the handle to ironsalready cast, by removing original handle, and drilling the iron for insertion of' uprights g and j, which I fasten in the iron by means cfa thread cuit on the ends and screwed into the iron, or by rivets, or .by m'eans of split and wedge in ends, driven into the iron. p v

I attach the steel spring e tothe handle by means of boltjt, the lower end of which spring exactly ts in the notch f, in upright, g, and holds the handle in place.A n

vOn the forward b end of the handle I make twoilips, between which, andlengthwise o'f the handle, I put the, lever d, and tasten it with the bolt z, which pass-es through the lips and lever, and serves as a fulcrurn.A

I connect the spring c and lever d by means of the connecting-rod e, which passes through the handle a.

I make the handle a bent, and with a shoulder upon each end, as shown in iig. 2. The upright,j, has a cavity behind, for the insertion of the handle, andthe `upright, g, isso made that the handle a` will drop into it to below the notch f.

To attach the handle, I put one end into the cavity in upright, j, and pressthe forward end into the upright, g, where it is securely and -rmly held by the spring c-v'lying backinto 'the notchf.

When I desire to heat the iron, I press'lightly upon lever '01, which draws the spring c from 'the notchf, and removes the handle, which prevents heating the handle, and thus obviates the necessity, inconvenience, and trouble of cooling the handle invwaterevcry timethe iron is used,a's always has to be done` whcnnsig such ironshuviug handles permanently attached.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, isf4 The combination 0I 'the handle a, spring c, lever d, connecting-rod e, uprights g and j, with the iron, b, constructed and operating substantially as described, and for the purpose specified. i

' 'ROBERT W. 'IOWLE.

Witnesses:

GEO; F. SMITH, H. D. SMITH, 

